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Description: Cassiterite Locality: St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.6 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm. Scintillating, sharp, dark brown cassiterite crystals to 1.0 cm richly and attractively fill a well-placed vug in sulfide and quartz-rich matrix on this fine, old-time piece from the St. Just District of Cornwall. These are large crystals from this classic district. Very highly representative of the species and renowned locale. Ex.Ted Johnson Collection.
Title: Cassiterite-237514
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-237514.html
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
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Cornish Bronze Age

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